Article: Robin Williams sues impersonator he claims duped reporter, charity organizer


AP Worldstream
05-14-2005
Dateline: MINNEAPOLIS
It takes more than hairy arms and a good Mrs. Doubtfire impersonation to be Robin Williams.

The 52-year-old comedian-actor claims a look-alike named Michael Clayton duped a reporter and a charity organizer into thinking he really was Williams.

Williams' federal lawsuit claims the look-alike's agent, Michael Pool, called reporters in September to set up an airport interview.

Star Tribune gossip columnist C.J. interviewed the man and wrote that he "knows how to settle down and blend in; when there's no movie, he changes the hair color. If that guy wasn't blond, he'd look just like Robin Williams, some travelers seemed to be thinking."

She went on ...

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